Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-17
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

morning.
A $1,000 iron bridge over the Muskegon
river at Big Rapids will be commenced in
a short time.
Mrs. Jones, wife OF Prof Jones of the
East Saginaw schools, died at Orange, n.
j., "A few days ago.
Robert A Leggett, for many years Il
prominent citizen OF Detroit, died at Ben
son, Mimi, recently.
Alden Whtcomb of Byron township,
Kent county, was kicked 10y colt few
days ago, and instantly killed.
Charles Nixon of Perrinville, Wayne
county, is IN jail on'a charge of attempt
ing TO murder his father-in-law.
The free mail delivery system will be
inaugurated at Muskegon, July /. There
will be six carriers and two substitutes.
Edward Greggs, miner employed al
the Chaplin mine, fell 10 the bottom of the
shaft the other morning and was instantly
killed.
Mrs. AIDA Archer, a prominent lady of
Quincy, for two years clerk in the labor
bureau at Lansing, died recently OF
paralysis.
Nothing has yet been heard of Judge
Follett, the Ascending Grand Rapids OF
fetal and the chances are that he is out OF
the country
Earnest Zimmerman OF Niles, aged 81
was run over and killed by the cars at
Three Oaks, the other morning, and in
stantly killed.
Uncle Sam has been placing headstones
at the graves of a number of veterans
about the state, the latest to be remember
ed being at Bronson.
Shipping horseradish is n Ransom in
du,try. Boys are paid cent per pound
for the raw material Nineteen barrels OF
the material have been shipped.
Supervisor Johnson Of Venice, Shiawas
see county, succeeded in wintering lSS
swarms of Tee, with the loss of but four
This is an unu,al large per cent
J. G. O,good, son OF a well-to-do farmer
Of Washtenaw county, has been arrested.
and held for trial for sending obscene lit
erature AMI pictures through the mails.
Fire destroyed builling, and machinery
belonging to the quincy mining company
in Hancock the other morning causing
loss OF $4,000. over On men are thrown
out of work.
Rev NJ. VI. Callahan Of the Central
Methodist church If Lansing has had the
degree of doctor of divinity conferred up
on him 10y Grant memorial college Of Ten
nessee, hi, alma mater
The Michigan legislature was given "the
freedom Of the city of Detroit on the 1lth
inst, and IN company with officials and
prominent men Of that city, visited the
variou, places of interest.
Peter Smith attempted to board a train
on the Grand Rapids & Indiana road at
Reel City while intoxicated. He fell be
tween the ears and was horribly mangled,
dying about two hours later.
Frank +. Graham has sued the firm Of
w. A. Forbes a Co, Of Caro- for $1,000
the cause of the suit being that the former
had his hand cut of in the latter's sasa
and blind factory last winter.
Detroit wa, honored At tho meeting of
American Medical Association in Chicago
10y the election of DR.. Donald Maclean as
chairman OF the surgical section and Or.
l-esrtus Conner as trustee Of the journal.
Mrs Della Breadsley aged CO. the wife Of
Berry Beardsley OF B.ackmar town
| ship, jackson, had 10th of her
arms broken boy the runaway Of "A
colt and the tipping over Of a cart
| Holmes the man who was stabbed by
Fulton in the township of Mddlebury,
Shiawassee county, is likely TO recover.
Fulton has so far recovered as to be re
moved from the sheriff. residence 10 the
Jail proper.
John r. Jones, the aged father Of DR.. j.
5. Jones OF Ann Arbor, wandered away
! from home few days ago. After a di i
! gent search he was found in a hay stack
i've miles west of Chelsea, unable TO give
an account Of himself.
-Four men were instantly killed i'm the
Huron mine at Hancock, the other day.
! While three men were ascending on a
skip, fourth attempted 10 Jump in.
which caused the skip TO turn backwards,
and all four fell 90 the bottom of the shaft.
1t is estimated that 30. 900, 900 feet Of logs
were hung up by the drouth in the streams
| of the lower peninsula, and although the
resent rain, have been heavy they have
not been heavy enough. and the logs will
! probably stay where they are all summer.
Brig General l. c. Smith has issued
| EeneTdl OTutI No. winch extends the
jurisdiction of the encampment TO he es
tablished at Island Lake to a distance OF
one-fourth OF mile around such camp, in
accordance with section Is Of the military
law.
In order TO secure tents from the state
{ has been found necessary TO change the
dates Of southwestern g. a. r. encamp
ment one week later than originally con
templated. IL is Officially announced that
the dates will be Aug. - to Sept. ?, in
elusive.
Miss Earinstin Finn. a young lady about
20 years old, committed suicide by taking
strychnne. She was visiting friends in
Benton Harbor and would have been a
medical graduate in few months. She i.
supposed t. have become respondent over
family matters.
Mrs Eliza Phillips OF Byron Center, has
just completed n bed quilt containing p
30 pieces which she has pieced and quilted
without aid since January 1851 beside.
her homework Mrs. Philips is ST years